Election results

So, it has been an interesting night. Instead of getting a majority the tory party lost 12 seats, leaving then with 316 seats. labour party gained 29 seats, leaving them with 261 seats. Although the number of seats needed to win is 326. So, we have a hung parliament, this means the conservative party well need to form a coalition (a partnership) with one of the other party’s probably the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) that have 10 seats. That will give the conservative party up to 326 seats. That means the conservative party will only just win.

(UK results)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2017/results

(Rochester and Strood results)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000898

(Chatham & Aylesford results)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000626

(Gillingham & Rainham results) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000711

half way through

We are half way through this election now and nothing has really been said about disability.  So, what I would like to do is to find out the views of our local candidates by asking these three questions put together by Disability Rights UK.  See links below.

1 Are you committed to the rights of disabled people to participate fully in society?

2. Will you change the way the benefits system works for disabled people?

3. Are you committed to a health and social care system that enables disabled
people to lead full independent lives?

I am sending these questions to each of the candidates running in Medway constituencies.  I will report their replies below.

https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/2017/may/three-questions-ask-your-parliamentary-candidates.

Brexit is not the only issue

On 19 April 2017 a snap election was called, to be held on 8th June 2017.
it is important to remember in this election, that Brexit is not the only issue.  In my opinion the Conservatives are going to try and sweep all the other issues under the rug, such as, cutting mental health care so people will have to travel far away to get care and cutting PIP and care allowances for people who need it the most, just to name a couple.    I think we have got to remember, that for the last 5 years this country has been in a state of austerity that has hurt the poor and the vulnerable the most.    

What do you think

General elections

A General election is a vote run at least, every five years to elect a new government. (The last election was held on 7 may 2015, where the conservative party won).

Everyone in the UK who is registered to vote can have a say in choosing the next government. One Member of Parliament (MP) is elected from each of the UK's parliamentary constituencies. the candidate who gets more votes, than becomes an MP.  This is called first past the post. When the  MPs have been chosen, the leader of the largest political party gets asked to form a government.

The next General election is in 2020

                                                              Big ben and the houses parliament

Links 

Register to vote

https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Text to speech apps 

http://eduapps.org/?page_id=7   (Free)

https://www.texthelp.com/en-gb/products/read-and-write-family   (buy)
https://www.texthelp.com/en-gb          (buy)

The main party's so fare in England

labour party http://www.labour.org.uk/
The liberal Democrats http://www.libdems.org.uk/
Green Party https://www.greenparty.org.uk/
conservatives https://www.conservatives.com/
ukip http://www.ukip.org/